Seeking some assistance as regards QF63/64 to Johannesburg.

Seeking some assistance as regards QF63/64 to Johannesburg. Seat Guru seems to be showing that it is fitted with only angle lie flat seats. Is this correct? My assumption was that they would be fully flat...Can anyone confirm either way? Thanks...

Since 747s operate the route from Sydney to Johannesburg, it's safe to say there won't be any lie-flat. There is a small chance an upgraded 747 might operate the route but I wouldn't count that. Hope this helped!

I have flown the route and it was on the fully flat beds the angled beds fly to Hong Kong Santiago and Melbourne to Lax 

Can anyone else please confirm if QF 95 (the second MEL/LAX daily service) is operated on a retrofitted 747?

I thought it was. Bizflyer seems to suggest otherwise.

SYD- SAN and MEL - LAX can only be operated with a 400ER, all of which have been refitted with the new fully flat beds. SYD- JNB tends to see a mixture of different configurations.

Prior flight about 2 weeks ago there and back was angled realy annoying

SYD - SAN and MEL - LAX for the last month have all been on reconfigured aircraft.

What day did you fly on and which route?

Pedantic I know, but SAN is San Diego. SCL is where QF flies.

Anyway, whilst MEL-LAX are normally operated by 747-400ER the occassional non-ER has been known to fly the route. The 9th Feb it was flown by a non-ER, but I believe this was a refurb model.

In relation to JNB, recent history (since 1 Feb) shows that this route has been flown by a non-refurb 747 on 14 occasions this month to date. If this happens and if you have status, your best bet is to try and snag a seat in the old first class (if its 4 class bird).

TRB, most US bound services are operated by refurb'd 747's, however occasionally a non-refurb'd plane will fly this route (from MEL or SYD). But there are only 3 non-refurb'd left now, so the chances are slimming. 

GRRB

I have flown this route multiple times and have flown in all three classes - I can confirm that whenever I have flown this route that they had fully flat seats.

Enjoy your trip! 

There is always some risk of a non-refurbed 747, I've even had a A380 go technical (on another route) and found myself on the old 747 product instead. It's a fairly decent deal (not awesome but ok) on to JNB, so you might just take your chances. It's not fantastic, the non-refurbed 747s, but it's not a nightmare either.